I think that they lost \u2014 they lost touch with the working class people. It was clearly evident in the election results. And look, this was an economic election. I mean, we still have a lot of our members, we still have a lot of working class Americans that are hurt, and they felt the struggle at the pump, they felt the struggle at the grocery store. And instead of embracing and trying to find a solution to the problem, the Democrats took a position that their opinion mattered. And that\u2019s all that mattered. And they wanted to talk down to a lot of working class people. You know, social issues are important. But at the end of the day, it\u2019s putting food on the table, being able to afford a home. And despite, you know, the rhetoric of this is the best economy ever, you know, it really hasn\u2019t been. So that\u2019s what I believe came down to as an economic decision on this election,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n
Cavuto asked: \u201cWe\u2019re told a majority \u2014 I\u2019m sorry, Sean \u2014 we\u2019re told the majority of your members favor Donald Trump over Kamala Harris. I don\u2019t know the full details there. I do know that when you had the opportunity to endorse a candidate or your leadership that you chose not to this year, and that alone sent reverberations around the political world. Do you regret now, not endorsing Donald Trump outright?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, we don\u2019t have any regrets on the process that we went through. You know, the polling that we did was extensive. Obviously, it went towards President Trump, but we still got a large contingency that are still Democrat, vote Democrats. So that decision we made as a general executive board, and I\u2019ll stand by it. The good news is, is that, you know, the Democrats have an opportunity to refocus and try and reclaim why they lost the working class. And the Republicans have been saying all along, they want to be the working class people. So it\u2019s a great opportunity for both sides, especially the Republican to approve that. We\u2019ve got a lot of issues that we need to get resolved in this country. And, you know, we\u2019ve got to do it,\u201d O\u2019Brien declared.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Brien continued: \u201cI think looking back now if they had to look back and assess, and hopefully the finger-pointing will stop and the assessment will happen, I think they\u2019ll look back and say, we should have had one of the most powerful labor organizations represented the Democratic National Convention because the message would have been the same.\u201d<\/p>\n